126 CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 



on the outer part, paler on the inner, and of a yellowish 

 hue; toes, yellowish brown; webs, yellowish brown. 



Young; length, one foot five inches; bill at the tip, dark 

 brown; iris, dark brown; head, crown, and neck on the back, 

 dark brown, the feathers rather darker on the margins than 

 in the centre; chin, throat, and breast, greyish brown, the 

 feathers mnch darker on the margins than in the centre; 

 back, dark brown. The wings have the first quill feather the 

 longest; greater and lesser wing coverts, brown; primaries, 

 blackish brown; tertiaries, brown. Tail, blackish brown. 

 Legs, on the outer surface, dusky, inner surface, light brown; 

 toes, light brown. 



